The Indians have topped the Royals' predraft offer of $2.9MM to Miami catcher Yasmani Grandal, reports Frankie Piliere of AOL Fanhouse. Piliere still believes the Royals will take Grandal at #4, but the original agreement is off. ESPN's Keith Law, meanwhile, heard that the Royals and Grandal had not even discussed money as of Saturday evening. Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star tweets that the Royals prefer Grandal but are "taking a hard look" at Florida Gulf Coast lefty Chris Sale. Law has the Royals taking Sale, in a recent chat comment.

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I don’t mind talk of pre-draft deals for teams picking really high, but the idea of a team actively topping an offer made by a team picking ahead of them is goofy. If Grandal doesn’t like the Royals’ offer, he’s free to go back to college for another year.

Agree with aap212. As an Indians fan I don’t understand them bidding on any player prior to securing their rights. Only team that should be allowed to talk money with potential draftees is the team picking first.

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